No Coliseo results

Toryumon Mexico (SUN) 08/10 Arena Coliseo [Gladiatores]
1) Disturbio & Mayiguara b Trauma I & Trauma II
2) Bam Bam & Pequeno Ninja b Pequeño Damian 666 & Pequeño Halloween
3) Alex Koslov, Marco Corelone, Último Dragón b Loco Max, Negro Navarro, Ohara [Copa Suzuki, torneo, semifinal]
4) Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero b Arkangel de la Muerte, Nitro, Skandalo [semifinal, Copa Suzuki, torneo]
5) Luna Mágica & Marcela b Hiroka & Mima Shimoda
6) Alex Koslov, Marco Corelone, Último Dragón b Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero [Copa Suzuki, final, torneo]

Main event had UG (& Atlantis) vs Ultimo Dragon build. Tecnicos won a bike.

IWRG (SUN) 08/10 Arena Naucalpan [the Gladiatores]
1) Eragon & Heavy Boy b Eragon & Jack
2) Gemelo Fantastico I & Gemelo Fantastico II b Trauma I & Trauma II
3) La Chola & Rossy Moreno b Lady Rabbit & Linda Star
4) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro b Aeroman, Fenix, Freelance
5) Multifacético, Super Astro, Ultramán Jr. b Fuerza Guerrera, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr., Monsther
6) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Rayo de Jalisco Jr. DQ Hijo del Cien Caras & Máscara Año 2000

Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. ran in to save the rudos from a certain loss. Despite the loss, the tecnicos in the fourth match want a title match.

Trauma I was mentioned as hurt after a Gemelo dive here. He was also mentioned hurt after taking the German Suplex finish on the Toryumon show, which took place earlier in the day.

CMLL held their opening press conference in Spain either Tuesday or Wednesday; lots of articles started to pop up yesterday afternoon about it. They’ll be handing out programs at the shows to explain who the wrestlers and what the moves are. If they have extras, I know some announcers who could use a copy. Tigre Hispano is getting a lot of attention, because he was actual born in Spain before moving to Mexico at 13. Loco Max vowed the streets of Spain will fill with tecncio’s blood. Maybe the blood ban doesn’t carry over an ocean.

Weird: There’s a post on Lo Mejor de Lucha Libre inviting want to be AAA wrestlers to come try out at Arena Solidaridad. Shouldn’t someone in AAA know which guys they’d like to get? You usually don’t have to put up an d to get people who are interested, either.

AAA posted news about Octagoncito vs Mini Kenzo, Silver King’s return, Ricky Marvin’s return, the main event trios on Friday (they say Konnan may replace Zorro), Chessman on the cover of Dos y Tres. That magazine teases Oriental joining the Vipers.

indy (TUE) 08/12 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [RFC]
1) Mini Black Dragon b Cowboy
2) Ultratumba b Rey Fuego
3) Cowboy Jr. b Coyote
4) Vendeta b Piwi
5) Bam-Bam, El Divo, Fomer Love b Chica de Arabia, Corazon Adicto, Divino, Principe Guerrero
6) Rey Demonio Jr. b Angel Dorado Jr. [FILL LIGHT]
7) El Hijo del Solitario, La Kalaka, Simbolo b Gnostico, Golden Boy, Tigre Universitario

CMLL (THU) 08/14 Arena Isabel de Cuervanaca [La Union Online]
1) Carta Brava & Eddy Cruz vs Cirio I & Cirio II
2) Ángel Azteca Jr. & Mictlan vs Dr. X & La Mosco
3) La Sombra, Máscara Púrpura, Turbo vs Black Thunder, Misterioso II, Skandalo
4) Mr. Niebla & Rey Bucanero vs Dr. Wagner Jr. & Héctor Garza

I think Turbo’s working here as a extra guy with others in Spain. Wish he could make Coliseo the same ay.

There’s other stuff discussed in the comments of the last news post from this week’s Wrestling Observer, but the most interesting bit to me was the rumor the entire Perros del Mal might go independent. They would still work CMLL shows, but they’d run their own office and handle working with promoters themselves. it wouldn’t neccesarily be exclusively the current members of the Perros – they’re talking with others. The upside for the Perros is they’d be getting paid more per show, because CMLL wouldn’t be taking a cut. The downside is they’d have to deal with the promoters and CMLL might prefer to push other guys (Guerreros?) ahead of them, since CMLL would want the guys their getting paid for to be in the highest demand. It seems to be more talk than reality at this point, but worth keeping an eye on.

Last Friday’s show drew 13,750 fans. Not 13760, not 13740. Dave lists the 08/08 TV ratings as 6.48 for AAA and 3.28 for CMLL.

The most discussed story is the story of unrest in AAA’s locker room. To me, this is a good sign, because it indicated people are still left inside AAA’s locker room. Actually, I try to be funny, and this line beats me:

The undercard wrestlers complained about not getting enough storylines and never knowing what they are going to do next as they are now booking on the fly and nobody knows what they are doing until they get to TV.

Is he referring to AAA at the moment? Is he referring to AAA five years ago? Who can say, they’re the exact same complaints as ever. Antonio Pena was notorious for not having anything planned and keeping people in the dark until the moment they went out for the match (presumably because he didn’t yet have a plan for them), and this all seems like business as usual for AAA.

“The lack of upward mobility” isn’t totally new, but it is a by product of the new booking philosophy. When you center your promotion around a major singles champion, that means that guy and the people involved with him will continually be at the top of the card. The title’s only a draw if people believe it’s the biggest thing, and you can’t cycle the champion down to a lower down in the card to push another big feud because it diminishes the important of the title. That’s different than how lucha has normally run.

It’s still no excuse for not doing more. The philosophy of building everything to four major shows a year in itself doesn’t restrict talent, but the practice of deciding the lineup two months up and doing nothing but variations of the same matches until that time freezes out everyone who doesn’t have a big match. As much as we all love the Apaches, there’s no reason to run an angle with them on Week 1, and then put them on TV for 9 more straight weeks without advancing it while other people get no TV time and no storylines. There’s no good reason to do a multi team tag feud, including the tag team champions, and never doing anything with the titles. There’s no good reason that guys like the Sect have been marginalized or that they’ve put so much time and effort into Billy Boy and now he’s back in the openers without a particular reason.

I’d like to think Super Fly and Aero Star being moved up into higher positions is an indication of a change, but waiting and seeing seems like a better idea.

Meltzer says the mystery man who attacked Konnan was Mascara Divina. Based on the pictures, he may have yet another new gimmick because it didn’t look much like him and it wouldn’t make much sense.